Samba Authentication Hassles for Mac

[Craig White]

On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 21:42 -0700, Lance Drake wrote:
> Hi Fedora Folks,
> 
> 	What is the problem with getting a Mac to be able to mount a share?
> 
> 	I have no such difficulty with the Windows machine in my office -  
> but cannot get the Mac OSX box past the "Name or Password does not  
> match" error.
> 
> 	If you don't have the answer in the front of your head (most likely  
> scenario) can anyone suggest what tools I might want to use or where  
> a log file might be that I would want to look at?
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On Mac OS X

Go => Connect to server => smb://netbios_name_of_samba_server (or
smb://ip_address_of_samba_server)

user:     always use the short name that is on the samba system (not the
Mac)
password: the one that matches
domain:   the workgroup specified on the samba server

this should be simple stuff.

Otherwise, check the log on your samba server.
/var/log/samba/log.IP_ADDRESS_OF_PROBLEM_SYSTEM

Craig